Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 420

Chapter 420 Different

Back inside the room, where Isabella, Harrison, and all the scientists were watching Atticus's live stats on the screen dropping down at a fast rate, his trembling form showing no signs of stopping.

Just as Isabella was about to scream at Zarathustra to stop everything once again, she suddenly paused.

What had made her pause was one change.

It was a really small change that honestly shouldn't mean much considering what they had been witnessing for a few minutes now.

One of the numbers representing Atticus's live status had suddenly slowed down.

Each of the scientists' gazes, including Zarathustra's, shot towards that particular stat – it had been vitality, literally the most important stat there.

But looking at Atticus's trembling form, they saw that he hadn't changed; he was still shaking intensely.

Before they each had time to think about what was happening, the vitality stat, which had been dropping down slowly before, suddenly became even slower, and then in the next instant, it started rising upwards instead.

Every single individual in the room watched with bated breath as each of the live stats initially dropping down started shooting upwards with speed.

Their gazes shot towards Atticus's form on the screen, which was already calming down, his form becoming stable and still after a few seconds.

A deep exhale seemed to permeate the space as each of them released a sigh of relief. But at the next instant, it was as though they completely forgot about the near death experience Atticus just had; each of them jumped up in elation.

They had finally done it; they had found a host for specimen X!

But out of everyone in the room, the most elated about this development was Zarathustra. He was so happy that he unknowingly started chuckling, his eyes wide open, shining like stars.

'We have to get as much data from this as possible,' Zarathustra's head was going through hundreds of tests that he planned on performing on Atticus.

They had just accomplished what they had been trying hard to do for years! Words could not do justice to how he was currently feeling.

With a huge grin on his face, Zarathustra walked closer to the screen, his gaze fixated on Atticus. "Prep the testing room," he ordered succinctly.

Before each of the scientists could carry out his order, Isabella's cold voice sounded, once again subtly releasing her aura, "That won't be happening. He needs rest, so he would be going back to his division immediately."

Zarathustra's initial grin immediately contorted into a deep frown as he turned towards Isabella and flared,

"No way! Do you know the gravity of what we have just accomplished!? We might have just made history! We need to study it thoroughly!"

Zarathustra instantly turned towards Harrison; the fact that he had ordered the whole thing meant he had something like this in mind.

"Vice principal, surely you understand. The data we could potentially gather from conducting this experiment would benefit the human domain as a whole. It's for the sake of humanity!"

Isabella instantly chimed in, her tone cold, "He's not a test subject."

But Zarathustra didn't even turn to look at her; his gaze was still fixed on Harrison, hoping he would give the go-ahead.

The rest of the scientists all kept quiet, standing by the side. Neither of them had any authority to intervene in a high-level situation like this.

Harrison didn't say anything for a few seconds, his gaze focusing on Atticus on the screen. The room descended into an awkward silence despite the intense tension in the room.

After a few awkward moments, Harrison finally responded, turning to face Zarathustra. He spoke dismissively, "Send him back to his division."

Harrison didn't even bother to wait for a response. With a short look at Atticus's figure, he turned and immediately left the room without uttering any more words.

Zarathustra's bafflement was palpable.

He stared at Harrison's departing figure with wide eyes until he walked out of the room.

'What…' He was so flabbergasted about the current situation that his head went completely blank. No matter how long or how fast he thought about it, he couldn't understand just how that man thought.

This was something they had been trying to accomplish for years, something that would completely change exosuits for the better, something that would benefit the human domain as a whole, and yet, he expected him to let all of that go?

Zarathustra was unwilling. No, his logical reasoning just wouldn't accept that.

'He had been the one to order this experiment and now he had suddenly changed his mind?'

Zarathustra took in a calming breath. He was an Enigmalnk, the brains of the human domain. It was a title he carried with complete pride.